Bedgebury Arboretum

Dragonflies nailed on the landscape
hiding in their stillness
on invisible oscillating wings,
zip with breathtaking suddenness
across the corner of the eye
then fix again,
resplendent in blues and greens,
against the stillness of the flashing lake
where tall trees effervesce against the sun.

Drinking pastel draughts of air in the shade’s depths under the majestic trees the picture melts into memory, waits to spin again on brittle days, to dip the mind in deep cool shade.